Bronze Mold of Phyllis Diller’s Hand
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Object Details
- Description
- This statue is a bronze mold of Phyllis Diller’s right hand. The hand is outstretched as if to play the piano. Diller, while known for her stand-up comedy, was also an accomplished pianist. After graduating high school, Diller studied piano for three years at the Sherwood Conservatory of Music (at Columbia College Chicago), but eventually decided against a career in music. From 1971 to 1982 Diller performed with over 100 symphony orchestras across the United States and Canada in a show called The Symphonic Phyllis Diller. During these performances she would seriously perform pieces by Beethoven, Bach, and others as a solo pianist with an orchestra while integrating comedic elements.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Subject
- Humor
- Comedians
- Music
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- Culture and the Arts: Entertainment
- Popular Entertainment
- Phyllis Diller
- Credit Line
- Gift of Phyllis Diller
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
- ID Number
- 2003.0289.17
- accession number
- 2003.0289
- catalog number
- 2003.0289.17
- Object Name
- Sculpture
- Physical Description
- metal (overall material)
- bronze (overall material)
- acrylic (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 3 1/2 in x 10 in x 7 1/2 in; 8.89 cm x 25.4 cm x 19.05 cm
- Metadata Usage
- CC0
- Record ID
- nmah_1247691